The Colonarie River is the longest river in

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, sometimes known simply as Saint Vincent or SVG, is an island country in the eastern Caribbean. It is located in the southeast Windward Islands of the Lesser Antilles, which lie in the West Indies, at the south ...

. Located on the main island of Saint Vincent, it flows from the north-eastern slopes of

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peak in a north-easterly direction, turning east before flowing into the

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on the island's central east coast. The town of Colonarie is located on the banks of the river.

Important Bird Area

A 1,590 ha site encompassing the middle and upper reaches of the Colonarie’s watershed has been designated an

Important Bird Area An Important Bird and Biodiversity Area (IBA) is an area identified using an internationally agreed set of criteria as being globally important for the conservation of bird populations. IBA was developed and sites are identified by BirdLife Int ...

(IBA) by

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because it supports significant populations of

lesser Antillean swift The Lesser Antillean swift (''Chaetura martinica'') is a species a species of bird in subfamily Apodinae of the swift family Apodidae.HBW and BirdLife International (2021) Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International digital ch ...

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and

green-throated carib The green-throated carib (''Eulampis holosericeus'') is a species of hummingbird in the subfamily Polytminae. It is found in Puerto Rico and most of the Lesser Antilles.HBW and BirdLife International (2020) ''Handbook of the Birds of the World ...

Antillean crested hummingbird The Antillean crested hummingbird (''Orthorhyncus cristatus'') is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. Its range extends from eastern Puerto Rico throughout the Lesser Antilles ; it has also been recorded as a vagrant in Florida, US ...

Saint Vincent amazon The Saint Vincent amazon (''Amazona guildingii''), also known as Saint Vincent parrot, is a large, approximately long, multi-colored amazon parrot with a yellowish white, blue and green head, greenish-bronze upperparts plumage, and violet blue-g ...

Caribbean elaenia The Caribbean elaenia (''Elaenia martinica'') is a species of bird in subfamily Elaeniinae of family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in the West Indies, in parts of Central America, and on islands just off the northern South Ame ...

Grenada flycatcher The Grenada flycatcher (''Myiarchus nugator'') is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae. It was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the brown-crested flycatcher (''Myiarchus tyrannulus''). It is found in Grenada and Saint Vincent and ...

scaly-breasted thrasher The scaly-breasted thrasher (''Allenia fusca'') is a species of bird in the family Mimidae. It is found throughout much of the Lesser Antilles of the Caribbean Sea. Taxonomy and systematics The scaly-breasted thrasher was originally placed ...

brown trembler The brown trembler (''Cinclocerthia ruficauda'') is a species of bird in the family Mimidae, the mockingbirds and thrashers. It is found on the islands of Saba, St. Kitts, Nevis, Montserrat, Guadeloupe, Dominica and St. Vincent in the Lesser An ...

rufous-throated solitaire The rufous-throated solitaire (''Myadestes genibarbis'') is a species of bird placed in the family Turdidae. Distribution and habitat It is found Jamaica and Hispanoila, and in the Lesser Antilles on Dominica, Martinique, St. Lucia, and St. Vi ...

lesser Antillean euphonia The Lesser Antillean euphonia (''Chlorophonia flavifrons'') is a bird species in the finch family, Fringillidae that is endemic to the Lesser Antilles. Distribution and habitat Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtr ...

whistling warbler The whistling warbler (''Catharopeza bishopi'') is a species of bird in the New World warbler family. It is monotypic within the genus ''Catharopeza''. It has a dark back that fades into a lighter gradient going towards the chest. It also has a d ...

Saint Vincent tanager The lesser Antillean tanager (''Stilpnia cucullata'') is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is found in Grenada and Saint Vincent. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former for ...

s and

lesser Antillean bullfinch The lesser Antillean bullfinch (''Loxigilla noctis'') is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is found in Saint Barth, Saint Martin, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montserrat, Netherlands Anti ...

es.

References

Rivers of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Important Bird Areas of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines {{SaintVincent-river-stub